AMD FirePro W4300 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Comparison

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT compare to the AMD FirePro W4300 in average benchmark score?

A: The RX 9070 XT records an average benchmark score of 13543, while the FirePro W4300 records 11225, putting the RX 9070 XT roughly 20.6% higher overall.

Q: What is the only benchmark where both cards have recorded scores?

A: The only overlapping test in the database is Geekbench OpenCL, where the RX 9070 XT scores 17428 versus the FirePro W4300's 11225, a 55.3% advantage for the newer card.

Q: Which card has more shading units?

A: The RX 9070 XT has 4096 shading units, while the FirePro W4300 has 768, a 5.3x difference in raw shader count.

Q: What are the memory configurations of these two cards?

A: The RX 9070 XT ships with 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus delivering 644.6 GB/s, while the FirePro W4300 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus delivering 96.00 GB/s.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The RX 9070 XT is listed as Active, while the FirePro W4300 is End-of-life.

Q: Do these cards support the same APIs?

A: Both support OpenGL 4.6, but the RX 9070 XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, whereas the FirePro W4300 supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is built on the Navi 48 chip using the RDNA 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The FirePro W4300 uses the Bonaire chip with the GCN 2.0 architecture, also from TSMC but on a 28 nm process. The manufacturing gap is substantial: the RX 9070 XT packs 53,900 million transistors into a 357 mm² die, while the FirePro W4300 contains 2,080 million transistors on a 160 mm² die. Transistor density tells the story clearly, 151.0M per mm² for the RX 9070 XT versus 13.0M per mm² for the FirePro W4300.

The RX 9070 XT also introduces dedicated ray tracing hardware with 64 RT cores, a feature entirely absent from the FirePro W4300, which has no RT core count listed. The shading resources differ by an order of magnitude: 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 128 ROPs on the RX 9070 XT versus 768 shading units, 48 TMUs, and 16 ROPs on the FirePro W4300. Pixel and texture rates follow accordingly, the RX 9070 XT reaches 380.2 GPixel/s and 760.3 GTexel/s, while the FirePro W4300 manages 14.88 GPixel/s and 44.64 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is listed at 48.66 TFLOPS for the RX 9070 XT versus 1,428.5 GFLOPS for the FirePro W4300. The FirePro W4300 has no FP16 figure recorded, while the RX 9070 XT offers FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with FP32 at 48.66 TFLOPS.

Memory technology also separates the two generations. The RX 9070 XT uses 16 GB of GDDR6 with a 256-bit bus and 644.6 GB/s of bandwidth, while the FirePro W4300 uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus at 96.00 GB/s. The RX 9070 XT connects via PCIe 5.0 x16, the FirePro W4300 via PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs differ as well: the RX 9070 XT offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the FirePro W4300 provides 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. The RX 9070 XT is a dual-slot card requiring 2x 8-pin power connectors, and the FirePro W4300 is a single-slot card with no power connectors. The FirePro W4300 measures 171 mm in length and 69 mm in height.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one directly comparable benchmark result between these two cards: Geekbench OpenCL. The RX 9070 XT scores 17428, and the FirePro W4300 scores 11225. That is a 55.3% advantage for the RX 9070 XT, a decisive margin that reflects the architectural gulf between RDNA 4.0 and GCN 2.0.

Beyond the single head-to-head test, the RX 9070 XT has a much broader benchmark footprint in the database. It records a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 7260, a Geekbench Vulkan score of 65879, and a Passmark G3D score of 26795. The FirePro W4300 has no recorded results for those tests, so direct comparison is limited to OpenCL. The RX 9070 XT also posts Passmark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 scores of 353, 154, 292, and 78 respectively, along with a Passmark G2D score of 1328 and a Passmark GPU Compute score of 15864. None of these have a counterpart for the FirePro W4300 in the database.

The percentile rankings place the RX 9070 XT at the 55th percentile of all GPUs, while the FirePro W4300 sits at the 50th percentile. The RX 9070 XT's nearest rivals by average score include the AMD Radeon HD 7770M at 13536 (0.1% difference), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 at 13515 (0.2%), the NVIDIA P106-090 at 13470 (0.5%), and the AMD Radeon Pro 555 at 13407 (1%). The FirePro W4300's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 at 11228 (0% difference), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M at 11261 (-0.3%), and two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell variants at 11088 (1.2% each). These clusters show that the RX 9070 XT competes in a much higher performance tier than the FirePro W4300, whose closest neighbors are older mobile and workstation parts.

The win count in head-to-head tests is 1 for the RX 9070 XT and 0 for the FirePro W4300. Every recorded metric that can be compared favors the RX 9070 XT, and the gap is consistent across compute and graphics workloads.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and the AMD FirePro W4300:

• Architecture: RDNA 4.0 versus GCN 2.0
• Process node: 4 nm versus 28 nm
• Transistors: 53,900 million versus 2,080 million
• Die size: 357 mm² versus 160 mm²
• Transistor density: 151.0M / mm² versus 13.0M / mm²
• Memory size: 16 GB versus 4 GB
• Memory type: GDDR6 versus GDDR5
• Memory bus width: 256 bit versus 128 bit
• Memory bandwidth: 644.6 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s
• Memory clock: 2518 MHz 20.1 Gbps effective versus 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective
• Base clock: 1660 MHz versus not listed
• Boost clock: 2970 MHz versus not listed
• Game clock: 2400 MHz versus not listed
• Shading units: 4096 versus 768
• TMUs: 256 versus 48
• ROPs: 128 versus 16
• RT cores: 64 versus none
• Pixel rate: 380.2 GPixel/s versus 14.88 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 760.3 GTexel/s versus 44.64 GTexel/s
• FP32: 48.66 TFLOPS versus 1,428.5 GFLOPS
• FP16: 48.66 TFLOPS (1:1) versus not listed
• TDP: 304 W versus 50 W
• Slot width: Dual-slot versus Single-slot
• Power connectors: 2x 8-pin versus None
• Suggested PSU: 700 W versus 250 W
• Bus interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16
• Display outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a versus 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
• DirectX support: 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus 12 (12_0)
• Vulkan support: 1.4 versus 1.2.170
• Production status: Active versus End-of-life
• Release date: 2025-03-05 versus 2015-11-30
• Predecessor: Navi III versus FirePro Terascale
• Successor: none versus Radeon Pro GCN
• Dimensions: not listed versus 171 mm length, 69 mm height

The launch MSRP for the RX 9070 XT is 599 USD; no launch MSRP is recorded for the FirePro W4300.

Where Each One Wins

The RX 9070 XT wins in every scenario where data is available. In compute workloads, its Geekbench OpenCL score of 17428 is 55.3% higher than the FirePro W4300's 11225, and its Passmark GPU Compute score of 15864 further demonstrates strong general-purpose throughput. For graphics workloads, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 7260 and the Passmark G3D score of 26795 place it far above the FirePro W4300's capabilities, although no direct FirePro W4300 results exist for those tests. The RX 9070 XT is also the only one of the two with ray tracing support, thanks to its 64 RT cores, which makes it suitable for modern DirectX 12 Ultimate workloads. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory at 644.6 GB/s provides ample bandwidth for large textures and high-resolution rendering, and its 4096 shading units deliver 48.66 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

The FirePro W4300 has no recorded benchmark wins against the RX 9070 XT. Its strengths are limited to areas outside raw performance. It is a single-slot card with no external power connectors and a 50 W TDP, making it suitable for compact or legacy workstations where power delivery and physical space are constrained. Its 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 outputs support multi-display configurations in professional environments, and its End-of-life status means it may still be found in existing deployments. However, in every measured performance metric, the RX 9070 XT dominates, and the FirePro W4300's closest rivals in the database, such as the Radeon Pro WX 3200 and GeForce GTX 780M, sit at similar average score levels around 11200, far below the RX 9070 XT's 13543 average.

For users choosing between these two cards today, the RX 9070 XT is the clear choice for any workload involving modern APIs, ray tracing, high-resolution assets, or compute acceleration. The FirePro W4300 may still serve in legacy systems or passive display roles, but the recorded data shows no scenario where it outperforms the RX 9070 XT.